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  1. Turns out Atari SA did one thing right...they finally allowed a good remake of Blood to get made!

    1. Punisher5.0

      Punisher5.0

      I got an email from GOG about it. Gotta admit though that I never heard of it before then. It looks fun

  2. Time for me to update my MAME setup with a newer ROM set, wish me luck...

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    2. ClassicGMR

      ClassicGMR

      I stopped at 0.141 or something like that. Everything worked that I care about. Not fetching 50GB again :)

    3. Eltigro

      Eltigro

      One day I'll mess around with it more and get the Capcom games working. Then I'll be happy.

    4. Zoyous

      Zoyous

      Good luck! Most recently I started over with just about 50 games that I know I like, and then I occasionally add a new one. Beats spending what feels like minutes scrolling past hundreds of mahjong games that I never play.

  3. How come everyone here complains about streaming games but not streaming movies off Netflix which "kills" DVDs? I'm being serious here...

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    2. MrMaddog

      MrMaddog

      I'm sorry, I meant to say digital downloads and not streaming... I have no plans to stream games unless it's something my current video card can't handle (ie Doom Etertnal).

       

      For me I have to really on subscriptions and free/discounted downloads to play modern games because I can't afford to buy a $60 game disk only for the game itself to suck AND still require a $50 season pass for the rest of the content. TBH I feel like the only kid who has GoBots while...

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      ...Everybody else got Transformers? (haha! Me too! ) Except I don't really play modern games (except Wii/PS3, well You get it)...But I hear ya!!

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Also we Really did have Gobots not Transformers!

  4. It's official, Japanese gov't has banned barcades, mod chips, game save editors and even adding games to Mini Classic microconsoles all for copyright reasons. Now guess which large video game company was behind all of that?

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    2. MrMaddog

      MrMaddog

      I appologize for not including the link, I read about it on my phone during lunch break and for some reason couldn't find it on a web search at home. But yeah it got me upset since I firmly believe you have the right to do anything you want with the stuff you buy.

    3. Master Phruby

      Master Phruby

      I bet Coleco holdings were behind this.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      What do you mean banned barcades? You can't have a bar with arcade games? (I'm guessing you must mean a small MAME machine or something?)

  5. Shadow of Tomb Raider had the eventual Steam Sale but got review bombed by the console kids who pre-ordered it. Another reason why the "gamer" culture is so pathethic...

    1. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      Or maybe just culture in general. So many of the "democratizing" forces of the internet are being jammed up and exploited by people with ill intent.

  6. Another reason to hate smartphones, QR Codes. I can never find an app that actually can scan them. Why can't people just use URL's anymore?

    1. MrMaddog

      MrMaddog

      I couldn't find a good Android app or I must be doing it wrong.

  7. Celebrating May The 4th weekend by trying to gett 20 year old Star Wars games to work on a modern PC...which requires the skills & patience of a Jedi Master..

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    2. Jess Ragan

      Jess Ragan

      Man, I just got Battlefront II, the old one from 2005. If I can't get this to work I'm going to be more sore than a space manatee on Luke Skywalker's hermit planet.

    3. Blazing Lazers

      Blazing Lazers

      The GOG versions all work fine on my box. I also recommend the xpadder program if you like the 360 controller.

    4. Eltigro

      Eltigro

      In a somewhat similar vein, I played Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, an original Xbox game, on my Xbox One.

  8. Good news: My granddad's TV I inherrited works great for Atari Flashback. Bad news, none of my actual 2600's work... So much for using orginal hardware.

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    2. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      If you decide your 2600s are truly dead, post them for sale here in the AtariAge Marketplace. Someone here can surely bring them back to life, or at least use them for spare parts.

    3. MrMaddog

      MrMaddog

      Yes I know the cable is RF and I tested the coax adapter on my 8-bit computer which works. I'll probably order a replacement with a an LED light so i know it's working.

    4. Swami
  9. Changed my profile tag cause I'm disgusted with all things "AtarI" right now, especially with that EmptyBox and all the ST scene drama. I'll focus on collecting & playing old DOS games for now...

  10. Here's a funny article on what happens when video game based movie characters meet up... https://www.theringer.com/movies/2018/3/16/17126044/tomb-raider-lara-croft-video-game-movie-character-roundtable

  11. BJ Blazkowicz just killed off the PC Master Race... Can't get the Wolfenstein II demo to run cause it only runs on a high end card and obscene amounts of RAM. And even then the Triple A titles still run like crap. Might as well get a console and stream the games to my "gaming" PC. :(

    1. Keatah

      Keatah

      That's what they want, everything, to go streaming!

    2. CPUWIZ

      CPUWIZ

      I play Wolfenstein II on my PS4, without internet connection and it is super crisp.

    3. Jess Ragan

      Jess Ragan

      I was gonna use a PC instead of getting a modern game system, but King of Fighters XIV convinced me to take the Nestea plunge. Kind of glad I did, ultimately. Consoles force developers to work within set guidelines, although the rise of "plus" systems may change this.

  12. Who else listened to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon while watching the solar eclispe? :)

    1. Stephen

      Stephen

      Local radio station is playing it here. Pretty sure they have it timed to end at the 2:30 totality (well, we'll only get around 85%).

    2. jd_1138

      jd_1138

      sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older.....shorter of breath and one day closer to death

  13. "Xbox 1 X...yada yada...$499." WHAT!?!? NO!!

    1. Mord

      Mord

      You sound surprised it'd be any different from how the Pro was launched? :D

    2. CPUWIZ

      CPUWIZ

      Huh? Mine was $399.

  14. The founder of Namco, Masaya Nakamura, has passed away. May he and the whole company be remembered for giving us awesome games over the years from Pac-Man to the latest Tekken...

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    2. CPUWIZ

      CPUWIZ

      Damn I remember him standing in my office, whilst I was showing off the 3D model for PacMan. :(

    3. BillyHW

      BillyHW

      I think we all saw him recently in Pixels too.

    4. MrMaddog

      MrMaddog

      Just so everyone knows, it's not Toru Iwatani (creator of Pac-Man) that passed away. The headlines are misleading in that reguard. (Unless they also say "Father of Ridge Racer" as well...)

  15. I wish Seth Rogan and Sony would do the Console Wars movie instead and avoid all this controversy, but then Sony would have gotten hacked by Nintendo fanbois... ;)

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